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What Professional Services Does Your Lot Actually Require?

State code sets the minimum floor. HOA and ARC covenants often set a higher bar. Most land buyers find out which applies to their parcel after the purchase contract is signed.

Government-mandated services by parcel type: geohazard overlays, slope thresholds, landslide hazard designations, and erodible soil classifications that trigger mandatory permit requirements
HOA and ARC covenant requirements: when they apply independent of code and which services they mandate regardless of site simplicity
Cost ranges and trigger thresholds for boundary surveys, geotech reports, civil engineering, structural engineering, and compaction testing
The SiteFacts regulatory layer: what a due diligence report reads on your specific parcel before you sit down with a builder
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average geotechnical report cost. Predictable before you commit. A surprise at permit submittal after the contract is signed.
3 layers
that determine what your lot requires: government regulation, HOA and ARC covenants, and builder judgment above those floors
What’s Inside

What the checklist covers

Section 01

Government Triggers by Site Condition

Geohazard overlays, slope thresholds, landslide hazard designations, and erodible soil classifications mapped to the professional services each one mandates. These are attached to the land before any builder sees the lot.

Regulatory floor · Non-negotiable triggers
Section 02

HOA and ARC Covenant Requirements

Covenant-required services that bind the buyer independent of local code. Architect-stamped plans, landscape design, and grading and drainage plans required regardless of site simplicity or builder preference.

Binding on buyer · Above the regulatory floor
Section 03

Cost Ranges by Service Type

Boundary surveys, topographic surveys, geotech reports, civil engineering, structural engineering, compaction testing, and landscape architecture. Each with the specific site condition that activates it and the cost range before it becomes a surprise.

$500 boundary survey to $30,000 structural
Section 04

The SiteFacts Regulatory Layer

What a SiteFacts due diligence report reads on your specific parcel: geohazard overlays, slope thresholds, HOA and ARC presence, and which professional services those findings will require. Before your first builder conversation.

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